The man’s deathaccording to an inquest came after the 43 year tourist died on a beach less than 24 hours after arriving on an all-inclusive solo holiday at the Balearic island on August 12 last year.

It wouldn’t be until the following day however that horrified tourists discovered the Sheldon, Birmingham salesman lying motionless on a subbed at the Mare Nostrum Hotel in Playa De En Bossa.

Hotel staff attempted to assist the hapless man but were unable to find a pulse according to a report via the Birmingham Mail.

Told Coroner Louise Hunt: ‘It is clear from evidence available to me that Neil Murphy was found dead lying on a sunbed at the hotel Mare Nostrum on August 13.

‘I am going to record that he died from heatstroke.’

Ironically Neil Murphy’s death came after the tourist had told on Facebook how much he was looking forward to visiting Space nightclub prior to leaving.

Posted the man at the time: ‘Sun and Space!!! A nice week away in Ibiza. Roll on August 12th. It’s going to be fun… first time away for a few years and can’t wait for it.

‘Been before on my own and it’s always good. I’ve always said that the only club I could ever be arsed going to would be Space and it’s only up the road from the hotel. So it’ll be rude not to go to it.”

The man’s death comes after a spate of unrelenting misadventuresat the hands of British tourists who often put reservations and inhibitions aside in anticipation of much publicized hedonistic delights.

August is the hottest month in Ibiza with an average temperature of 26C (79F).

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I think the idea to start “Scallywag and Vagabond.” (SCV) originates from my myriad background and the many years I have spent in preferred cafes and brasseries extolling the virtues and subtle intricacies of ‘being’ as the Beaujolais ran, the cigarette wafted and the gentleman to my side pontificated while spraying himself with a deftly tied cravat and sun crested idolatry.’

I grew up in Australia where as a young man one was obliged to become a hero of sorts. A master swimmer, fighter of causes, ideals and disheveled denizen of aesthetics, and more often a carefree ‘larrikin’ who would occasionally poke his sun bronzed nose at authority and convention Read More